Updates for windows 8 now available

After the windows 8, Microsoft released a preview of their update to Windows 8 Its named windows 8.1

Important Info about windows 8.1

Before we give you the download link, there are a couple of things you should keep in mind:

• Windows 8.1 will be a Free update to Windows 8.
• Windows 8.1 will be offered through the Windows App Store today, though you’ll need a small update to trigger it.
• Tomorrow, there will be an ISO image download of Windows 8.1. MSDN and Technet subscribers can already download the ISO release.
• Important: Once you upgrade to the 8.1 Preview, you can’t upgrade from that to the final release later this year.
• Update: some PCs won’t run the 8.1 update, and the 64-bit version doesn’t work in a VirtualBox virtual machine from what we can tell.
• First, you’ll need to head to this URL and download a small application to trigger the update. Open and install that update first. You will be asked to reboot at the end.

 New items in Windows 8.1

Lets face it  Windows 8 was not very well-liked, and while there were a ton of really great enhancements and speed boosts under the hood, the paint job made people very upset. The new Metro begin screen was not only forced on everybody, but you could barely customize it, so it wasnt like you were going to learn to love it. Plus they renamed it from Metro to Modern, which left everybody even more confused.

The biggest complaints were the removal of the begin button, the begin menu, and the fact that you could no longer boot to the desktop. Everything else was really unimportant. So what are the biggest new features?

Start Button is Back

 although it does open the begin screen. Theres no start menu.

Boot to Desktop is an Option

 its incredibly easy to enable, as well. Read here for how to enable Boot to Desktop.

Search is Unified: the search engine on Windows 8 was just terrible, splitting different searches into different sections that made no sense. Now its unified into a single search engine as it was in Windows 7.

Better Start Screen Personalization

 the experience is much improved this time around. You can customize the tile size a lot more, use background pictures, Modern apps can be snapped to occupy half the screen, multiple monitors are supported much better, and a lot of other improvements.

There are a ton of other improvements in Windows 8.1, but those are the most important.